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Submitted by motist on Wednesday, 04 August 2010  Page Views: 4975

Multi-periodSite Name: Emmaus Alternative Name: Nicopolice,Hammat
Country: Israel
NOTE: This site is 0.131 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Beit Shemesh  Nearest Village: Nahshon
Latitude: 31.838392N  Longitude: 34.990334E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel

Emmaus (Greek: Ἐμμαούς, Latin: Emmaus, Hebrew: חמת‎ Hammat, meaning "warm spring", Arabic: عِمواس‎ Imwas) was an ancient town located approximately 11 km northwest of present day Jerusalem. According to some Christian scriptures, Jesus appeared before two of his followers in Emmaus after his resurrection.

The first modern site identification of Emmaus was by the explorer Edward Robinson, who equated it with the Palestinian Arab village of Imwas. Before its destruction in 1967, the village of Imwas was located at the end of the Ayalon Valley, on the border of the hill country of Judah, at 153 stadia (18.6 miles) from Jerusalem via the Kiryat Yearim Ridge Route, 19.6 miles via the Beth-Horon Ridge Route and 490 meters lower by elevation.

Eusebius was probably the first to mention Nicopolis as biblical Emmaus in his Onomasticon. Jerome, who translated Eusebius’ book, implied in his letter 108 that there was a church in Nicopolis built in the house of Cleopas where Jesus broke bread on that late journey. From the 4th century CE on, the site was commonly identified as the biblical Emmaus.

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Re: Emmaus by motist on Wednesday, 04 August 2010
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More:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmaus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmaus_Nicopolis

http://www.biblewalks.com/Sites/emmaus.html

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